‘Talking dog’ is YouTube’s biggest hit

The animal is shown being teased by its owner about food and appears to speak English, saying “You’re kidding me!” as he is told delicacies have gone elsewhere.

“Ultimate Dog Tease” was the most-watched YouTube community video in the UK in 2011. It beat an advert for T-Mobile, which showed a spoof clip of the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with royal lookalikes dancing.

Third was “Winning” - an edit of actor Charlie Sheen talking on ABC, CNN and NBC about his troubled departure from the show Two And A Half Men, to music by the Gregory Brothers.

Also on the list was “Nyan Cat”, an animation of a cat flying through the air, chanting to synthesised pop music, IT engineer Michael Collings’ audition singing Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car on Britain’s Got Talent and a clip of 18-month-old twins having a gibberish conversation in their parents’ kitchen.

The hit list was released by YouTube’s owner, Google.